MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive179% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GT73EVR 7RF
MotherboardMSI MS-17A1  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170814
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 10 '18 at 13:45
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 16%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
75.1% Very good
Memory 92.4
1-Core 81.6
2-Core 162
68% 112 Pts
4-Core 313
8-Core 584
54% 448 Pts
64-Core 579
36% 579 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 11BB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 143
Parallax 123
108% 133 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 128
Splatting 103
92% 114 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 102%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
179% Outstanding
Read 1,973
Write 907
Mixed 1,055
288% 1,312 MB/s
4K Read 42
4K Write 65.7
4K Mixed 29.6
136% 45.8 MB/s
DQ Read 82
DQ Write 106
DQ Mixed 47.7
49% 78.6 MB/s
Poor: 106%
This bench: 179%
Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115
15GB free
Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Startech .com RAID 0 2TB
985GB free
Firmware: 0
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
122% Outstanding
Read 220
Write 205
Mixed 201
157% 208 MB/s
4K Read 0.76
4K Write 3.37
4K Mixed 0.25
122% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 125%
This bench: 122%
Great: 151%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
74.8% Very good
MC Read 27.9
MC Write 28
MC Mixed 22.5
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 30.8
SC Mixed 23.5
67% 23.5 GB/s
Latency 63.4
63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical MS-17A1 Builds (Compare 739 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

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